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Show UTAH STATE NEWS. The Irrigation companies about Lehi have agreed to arbitrate their disputes. dis-putes. Utah's wool clip for the season will probably reach a total of 16,000,000 pounds. Eight new coal mines have been opened up' during the p-i.-it j ear, six in Emery county and two in Carbon county. The total output of the mines of "Utah for the year 1902 is estimated at $20,985,337. The output for 1901 was $17,580,457. The State University debating team has made arrangements for a contest , with the debating team of the University Univer-sity of Idaho. During the past year 1,883 men were employed in the various mines of the etate, as compared with 1,724 for 1901. y an increase of 109. ; Andrew Nielson had both legs broken, and James Graham had one leg broken as a result of an accident In a Sunnyside mine. Royal Reidj of Manti, is laid up with b broken leg, as a , result of being thrown from a horse, , which slipped while turning a corner. Miss Delia Mclntire was struck by a train at Price and slightly injured. Bhe was standing too close to the track, and was struck by the engine. There is now over a foot of snow on the level in Rabbit valley in Wayne county, more than has been on the ground at one time for several years past. Postmaster Clove reports ttu.i rt business of the Provo postoffice for t&e last quarter figures up' to $2,75.6t, gain of $204.57 over the correspoi)fne quarter of last year. A proposition is now on fooi te establish es-tablish an electric light plant to supply sup-ply Richfield. The parties are figuring on about a $10,000 plant, to be operated oper-ated by steam power. . During the pastyear Utah mining properties have paiddividefids to the amount of $5,025,500. During 1901 the sum of $4,446,900 was distributed among the stockholders. The smelters of Utah are capable of handling 4,500 tons of ore per day, and it is believed before the close of the year Utah smelters will be treating treat-ing 7,000 tons of ore daily. While William Broadhead, or Manti, was driving down the street the team ran away, coming in contact with a tree, which one of the horses struck, causing instant death to the animal. ' An explosion of coal gas at the Salt lake county jail last week did slight damage to the building, and as a result re-sult of the explosion one of the prisoners pris-oners is nursing a badly burned face. The citzens of Ephraim celebrated old folks' day on the 30th, about 150 guests being present, Ivan J. Olsen, aged 93, was presented with a cane, for being the oldest pioneer in the district. dis-trict. A trainload of people from Provo, Springville and Salt Lake, spent New Year's day in the vicinity of Nephi on a rabbit hunt, and were royally entertained enter-tained in the evening by the citzens of Nephi. A force of eight men Is at work sinking in on the vein of the South Tent Oil company's property at Ephraim. Eph-raim. They will face down the ledge, and, if the shale justifies it, they will erect an oil retort. The total valuation of the school property in the state at the end of the school year, June 30, was $3,221,-159.64. $3,221,-159.64. Last year the estimated valuation valua-tion was $3,065,605.02, showing an Increase In-crease of $155,554.62 for 1902. According to the figures of State Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas, the coal production of the Sterling Coal & Coke company, located six miles south of Manti, is 7,901 tons this year, as compared with 1,885 tons last year. ' Mrs. Peter Peterson, of Ephraim, while sewing on a machine, accidentally acciden-tally ran the machine needle through her finger. It was found necessary to take the machine apart so as to extract ex-tract the needle from the lady's finger. The past year was a most prosperous prosper-ous one for the Salt Lake jobbing trade. The volume of business was a little more than $4,000,000 greater than In 1901, aggregating $31,700,000, as against $27,235,000 for the preceding ear. |